SWSC News – Sunlight Winter Sports Club

Big Wednesdays After School

September 21, 2016August 24, 2018 Leigh Sheldrake

Enhance your racing experience by adding Big Wednesday after school training with the Age Class and Ability athletes. Available to

Welcome to 2017-18

September 21, 2015January 5, 2018 Shannon Francis

In great hopes for more snow to come this Saturday. The following programs and races will take place in January.

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LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS: Sunlight takes win at SYNC Cup in Loveland

July 7, 2015January 5, 2018 Shannon Francis

Lovin’ Loveland: On familiar territory, Romanov wins SYNC Cup Giant Slalom Ski Up

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Sunlight festival shines

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Shannon Francis

Chris Adelman / Courtesy Photo | Participants at the Under-12 Skills Quest Race Festival come down a run at Sunlight

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Sunlight wraps up another season of Buddy Werner skiing

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Shannon Francis

Another season of the Buddy Werner ski racing program at Sunlight Mountain Resort has flashed past like a young racer

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Sunlight skiers earn many podium finishes

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Shannon Francis

The Sunlight Winter Sports Club was in Aspen this past weekend to compete against AVSC, Breckenridge, Vail and Team Summit

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Sunlight skiers end season strong in Loveland

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Shannon Francis

COURTESY PHOTO | Tucker Shelldrake of the Sunlight Ski Team competes in a slalom event during the annual Loveland Derby

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Local Sports Briefs: Sunlight racers fare well at Breckenridge event

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Shannon Francis

The Sunlight Winter Sports Club under-14 racers traveled to Breckenridge to compete in a Junior Championship-Qualifying super-G on the World

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Local Sports Briefs: Nichol, Meyer top fields at Sunlight youth skiing event; Rec departments plan summer programs

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Shannon Francis

Melissa Gilberti / Courtesy Photo | Kallan Meyer makes her approach toward the slalom course on Joslin Run during the

O’Brien takes home 8th national title as Ross takes final lap

Despite the fact that weather pushed the slalom portion of the U.S. Alpine Championship alpine combined to Wednesday, organizers were able to get off a successful super-G and U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Nina O’Brien walked away with the win, and her career-eighth national title on Tuesday. Fresh off her career-best FIS Ski World Cup […] The post O’Brien takes home 8th national title as Ross takes final lap appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

Taylor: Points aren’t the only measure of success in the season of COVID

The ski racing community is now deep into what is certainly the strangest race season ever, overshadowed, of course, by the Covid-19 pandemic. The predominant emotion I have seen in my work with athletes and in conversations with many more racers on and off the hill is…frustration. For many racers, it feels like a lost […] The post Taylor: Points aren’t the only measure of success in the season of COVID appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

Laurenne Ross: spirit of the world’s best speed team

One of the most fascinating dynamics in ski racing is the cohesion of a team in an individual sport. This week in Aspen, veteran speed skier Laurenne Ross will bid adieu to the daily grind of the white circus. She’ll take with her the friendships from a career with the U.S. Ski Team during a […] The post Laurenne Ross: spirit of the world’s best speed team appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]

Ross wins final downhill; Goldberg, Biesemeyer tie for Roch Cup

Day four of the 2021 U.S. Alpine Championships continued on Saturday with downhill day under the sunshine featuring perfect conditions at Aspen Highlands, Colo. While Colorado native and two-time Olympian Alice McKennis Duran took her final lap, U.S. Alpine Ski Team teammate Laurenne Ross won her final career downhill race. On the men’s side, World Cup […] The post Ross wins final downhill; Goldberg, Biesemeyer tie for Roch Cup appeared first on Ski Racing Media. [...]